What's the best way to get the default printer in .NET

Question

I need to get the default printer name. I\'ll be using C# but I suspect this is more of a framework question and isn\'t language specific.

Answer 1

Another approach is using WMI (you'll need to add a reference to the System.Management assembly):

public static string GetDefaultPrinterName()
{
    var query = new ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Printer");
    var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query);

    foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
    {
        if (((bool?) mo["Default"]) ?? false)
        {
            return mo["Name"] as string;
        }
    }

    return null;
}